A Semi-Automatic Algorithm for Determining the Demyelination Load in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-34

  Clas, Philipp ^a   Groeschel, Samuel ^a   Wilke, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demyelination load; Lesion load; Magnetic resonance imaging; Metachromatic leukodystrophy; Semiautomatic segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MALE; METACHROMATIC LEUKODYSTROPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMIAUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; WHITE MATTER;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEUKODYSTROPHY, METACHROMATIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82955184671     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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